Pre-clinic phone call reminders improved the number of patients with cystic fibrosis who submitted home spirometry test results prior to their telehealth visit, researchers reported at the virtual ...

What are spirometry tests and why are they performed? Learn about the procedure, how the results are read, and what other testing methods may be available.

Explained in those terms, spirometry is a simple expression of a complex process, similar to BP, blood urea nitrogen/creatinine, lipid levels, and other determinations.

The study also found that simple spirometry couldn't determine the level of pulmonary dysfunction in obese people with asthma.

Spirometry. This is a simple breathing test that measures how much and how fast you can blow air out of your lungs. Airway obstruction due to asthma or COPD is quickly revealed.

ABSTRACT Booker, R. (2007) Understanding why we use spirometry: part one. Nursing Times; 103: 45, 46–48. Rachel Booker discusses why spirometry is used and the interpretation of results. In part two ...

Wheeze when resting, age, age when diagnosed with asthma and BMI can “reasonably well” predict patients with asthma who are likely to have small airways dysfunction, according to study ...

Spirometry is the only method to definitively diagnose COPD, but two-thirds of patients go untested. A look at the state of an undervalued diagnostic.

Home-based spirometry is safe in the era of COVID-19: In contrast, use at office visits can lead to cross-contamination of medical devices, contamination in waiting rooms, testing rooms, and ...

Before referral from general practice, there had frequently been a failure to fully consider common causes of chronic cough by simple investigation (chest X-ray and spirometry) and interventions ...

Although spirometry is a relatively simple clinical tool, it is not used routinely to evaluate symptomatic individuals.